Back on the Boyle: ‘Tall order’ final vs. Greenwich Saturday morning in Stamford

First thoughts on next, and last game of the season

Connor Tienken is one of the rising players that has come up the roster like Superman this playoffs season. Courtesy Darien Athletic Foundation

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Updated 11:09am — “Greenwich, (it’s) what we’ve all been waiting for,” said Darien senior captain Mitch Pryor of the football season finale-to-be on Saturday. “The whole season has been leading up to this game.”

And the name of next door’s storied coaching family alone, is evocative, of course, of one extremely vexing Thanksgiving Day for the Wave. So expect a shade or two of TB II.

But the opponents do not hold the sole family connection to the championship game.

“I’ve got cousins on Greenwich — all my cousins live in Greenwich — and I can’t wait to play them,” said Darien senior lineman Sean O’Malley. “So it will be a fun game.”

Fun on the day. Lots of work getting ready from today.

“(Greenwich) will have several wrinkles we’ll try to prepare for,” said Trifone. “And we’re just going to try to play solid defense, like we have all year long. And we’ve got to move the ball consistently against them.”